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Im Kreis

1970 · 70 min

A quiet, confined chamber piece that drifts between boredom and regret, asking patience as it lingers on unspoken longing.

Directed by
Tom Toelle
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Manuela Dahm, Heinz Bennent
Overview
On a rainy vacation day in a hotel room in Yugoslavia, a 40-year-old father and his adolescent daughter are bored. In the free-flowing surroundings, the dreams he once had in his youth come back to life in him. The game becomes almost serious. Only the presence of his daughter makes him realize that there is no way to start a new life without acting irresponsibly towards his child. And so he is left with a quiet resignation and the hope that his daughter will do better one day.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Tom Toelle
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Manuela Dahm, Heinz Bennent
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • aging
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • memory
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Tom Toelle
Written by
Benno Meyer-Wehlack
Starring
Manuela Dahm, Heinz Bennent
Runtime
70 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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